''Spelaeodiscus'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of very small air-breathing

land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have gastropod shell, shel ...

terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth, as opposed to extraterrestrial. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on o ...

pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group inclu ...

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

s in the family

Spelaeodiscidae Spelaeodiscidae is a family of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000&n ...

. This is the

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of the family Spelaeodiscidae.

Species

The genus ''Spelaeodiscus'' contains the following species: * ''

Spelaeodiscus albanicus ''Spelaeodiscus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spelaeodiscidae. This is the type genus of the family Spelaeodiscidae. Species The genus ''Spel ...

'' (Wagner, 1914)"Species in genus ''Spelaeodiscus''"
(n=7).

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, accessed 24 April 2011. * '' Spelaeodiscus bulgaricus'' (Subai & Dedov, 2008) * '' Spelaeodiscus dejongi'' Gittenberger, 1969 * '' Spelaeodiscus hauffeni'' (Schmidt, 1855) - type species * '' Spelaeodiscus obodensis'' Bole, 1965 * '' Spelaeodiscus triarius'' (Rossmässler, 1839) - synonym: ''Spelaeodiscus tatricus'' Hazay, 1883 * ''

Spelaeodiscus unidentatus ''Spelaeodiscus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spelaeodiscidae. This is the type genus of the family Spelaeodiscidae. Species The genus ''Spelaeodiscus'' contains t ...

'' Bole, 1961

References

External links

* http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/genus?id=620 Spelaeodiscidae Taxa named by Spiridon Brusina Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Stylommatophora-stub